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    Salto di Quirra is a restricted weapons testing range and rocket launch site near Perdasdefogu on the island of Sardinia. It is the largest military range...
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    di Quirra. This test was successful. The second test firing of the Zefiro 23 second stage engine took place on 27 March 2008 also at Salto di Quirra. This...
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    1967, at Salto di Quirra the Zenit topped 145 km. The Zenit was later launched only twice — once on July 30, 1971, at Salto di Quirra with a British Cuckoo...
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    economic sanctions. On May 6, 2022 engine testing campaign started at Salto di Quirra, Sardinia, with consequent maiden flight on a Vega-E launcher expected by...
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    bridge segments, each weighing 35 tons.[dubious – discuss] At Salto di Quirra, Sardinia in 1965, a 30 metre tall Skylark tower was erected. The tower...
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    of military bases on the island, like Decimomannu Air Base and Salto di Quirra (the biggest scientific military base in Europe) in the same decades. Even...
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    between 1961 and 1970 at the CIEES launch facility at Hammaguir, the Salto di Quirra and Ile du Levant missile ranges, and Kourou Space Center. After its retirement...
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    with an upper stage mockup took place between 1973 and 1975, from Salto di Quirra. The Alfa was 6.5 metres (21 ft) long and had a diameter of 1.37 metres...
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  • Kourou – astronautix.com Rocket launch site Kiruna – astronautix.com Homepage of Esrange – ssc.se Rocket launch site Salto di Quirra – astronautix.com...
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    Ozieri Palmavera Pani Loriga Perfugas Ploaghe Porto Torres Pranu Mutteddu Quirra Roccia dell Elefante Saccargia Sa Coveccada, dolmen San Cosimo San Giovanni...
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